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Landscape objects festival "Archstoyanie" is a unique project, which offers a new approach to territory development and presents the idea of interaction with landscape via creative practice and contemporary art.
In the framework of the festival there are created large-scale art and architecture objects.
The festival as well is an open-space experimental ground and simultaneously a well-organized park with most beautiful natural landscape (50 hectares of square).

The festival in Nikola-Lenivets village (Dzerzhinsky district, Kaluga region) is being held since 2006/
Festival is organized by non-commercial partnership "Project Nikola-Lenivets".
Festival participants are famous Russian and foreign architects, artists, designers.

Except for landscape objects festival there are held various educational seminars and master-classes.

Every year festival organizers chose a theme topical for art and culture and this theme is treated by invited authors. The festival id held twice a year.

Presently there are 30 objects on the park territory near Nikola-Lenivets village.

"Archstoyanie" festival takes part in international festivals, exhibitions. Honors:
2006: Archmoskva, grand-prize in "Best non-commercial project" nomination
2006: Festival is granted by Potanin Fund (in the course of competition)
2008: "Landscape architecture. View from the house", a diploma for development of professional creative communications
2008: Archmoskva, a diploma for "Best installation"
2008: Festival is granted by the European Union

Festival participants and partners:
Francois Roche (France), Sami Rintala (Finland), Adriaan Geuze (West 8, The Nitherlands), Nikolai Polissky, Totan Kusembaev, Anton Nadtochiy and Vera Budko, Vladimir Plotkin, Alexander Ponamarev, Studio-school Edas and Vlad Kirpechev, Yuriy Avvakumov, Arhc 4 architectural group, A-B architectural bureau, Galina and Igor Lichterovy, Project Meganom architectural bureau and Yuriy Grigoryan, Taf studio, Vyacheslav Kolejchuk, Vasiliy Schetinin, Timur Bashkaev, Alexey Kozyr, Evgeniy Azz, Vlad Savinkin, Vladimir Kuzmin, Alexander Brodsky, Anna Schetinina, Powerhouse company Holland bureau, Typo Grapgic Design, Oskar Madera, Electroboutique, Atelier 710

All the festivals >>

Archstoyanie 2009. Summer
Archstoyanie 2009. Winter
Archstoyanie 2008. Summer
Archstoyanie 2008. Winter
Archstoyanie 2007. Summer
Archstoyanie 2007. Winter
Archstoyanie 2006. Summer

Archstoyanie 2008. Summer
Noah’s Arch

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Arch Stoyanie 2008. Summer Program
Festival of landscape objects in Nikola-Lenivets Village
July 17 – August 20, 2008

Organizers
Nikola-Lenivets Project
Nikola-Lenivetskie Promysly Non-Commercial Partnership
UGRA National Park
Dzerzhinsky District Administration

Project Partners
Cloud Watcher
Agrosphera Ltd

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Arch Stoyanie 2008. Summer Program
Festival of landscape objects in Nikola-Lenivets Village
The Festival Theme: Noah’s Arch

July 2007 – floods in Great Britain
August 2007 – floods in Australia
2005 – Hurricane Katrina
2004 – Tsunami in Indian Ocean
2003 – Floods in Argentina
2002 – Intensive ablation, formation of the largest iceberg 270 km in length and 40 km in width
This is far from overwhelming list of natural cataclysms ended with catastrophes caused by the World Ocean. At the same time life on our planet have arose from water. We call upon to friendly contacts with water resources of our planet and careful attitudes. For realization of these concepts we offered to design short-term floating house which could be used as a shelter for 3 – 6 persons within several days. These floating houses are going to be floated down the Ugra river, from "Pahomovskiy bridge" to Zvizhy village. Upon the festival completion the water crafts are going to be transported to the specially arranged territory, where they are going to be used as permanent museum exhibits and guest-houses at the same time.

The Festival curators:
Anton Kochurkin
Julia Bychkova